"Ours is the old, old story of every……" — Frances Power Cobbe
"Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all."
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Frances Power Cobbe
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8 Quotes by Frances Power Cobbe
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Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a golden chain of truths, if we refuse to link it…
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I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and…
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The time comes to every dog when it ceases to care for people merely for biscuits or bones, or even…
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It is a woman, and only a woman, — a woman all by herself, if she likes, and without any…
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My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.
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Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to…
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He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same…
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